Billionaire (not Howard) donating $500,000 to NSAL

... to thank Beth for the Birthday Bash invite. From Marianne Garvey's column, OF COURSE:

A 500 GRAND GESTURE BY RAHR

"The check is almost in the mail. After chatting with Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg at Howard Sternâ€™s 60th-birthday celebration at Hammerstein Ballroom, billionaire philanthropist Stewart Rahr â€” who was at the party with his girlfriend, Natalie Lawrence â€” told us that when he gets back to his office this week, heâ€™ll donate half a million dollars to the North Shore Animal League America. Itâ€™ll be his way of thanking Beth Stern, an animal-rights activist, for the invite."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...w-york-wanted-article-1.1600046#ixzz2sGhiootH

"In 1969, he married Carol K. Rahr. They have two children. In 2012, they announced that they were divorcing.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16][/SUP] In 2013 Rahr agreed to pay his ex-wife $250 million as a settlement.[SUP][17][/SUP]
According to the New York Post, Rahr, who calls himself "Stewie Rah Rah" and the "No. 1 King of All Fun," has been banned from the Nobu restaurants for life for harassing a hostess and has lost his handgun license pending an investigation of an elevator operator's claim Rahm pulled a handgun on him for not holding an elevator. He also handed a million dollar check (with the recipient space left blank) to an employee of the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton in order to have them consider his membership.[SUP][18][/SUP]
He is also noted for the house[SUP][19][/SUP] he purchased in the Hamptons for $45 million,[SUP][20][/SUP] reportedly the highest price ever paid in the state for a single-family home.[SUP][21][/SUP]"

"In 1969, he married Carol K. Rahr. They have two children. In 2012, they announced that they were divorcing.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16][/SUP] In 2013 Rahr agreed to pay his ex-wife $250 million as a settlement.[SUP][17][/SUP]
According to the New York Post, Rahr, who calls himself "Stewie Rah Rah" and the "No. 1 King of All Fun," has been banned from the Nobu restaurants for life for harassing a hostess and has lost his handgun license pending an investigation of an elevator operator's claim Rahm pulled a handgun on him for not holding an elevator. He also handed a million dollar check (with the recipient space left blank) to an employee of the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton in order to have them consider his membership.[SUP][18][/SUP]
He is also noted for the house[SUP][19][/SUP] he purchased in the Hamptons for $45 million,[SUP][20][/SUP] reportedly the highest price ever paid in the state for a single-family home.[SUP][21][/SUP]"

You didn't think that Beth wouldn't be using this event to raise money for NSAL. I know there was at least one more billionaire at the Party, Robert Kraft owner of the Patriots. I am sure Beth hit him up for money too.